Midlands Floor Springs Limited
Contact us
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Gallery
  • Clients
  • Blog
  • What's my closer?

Turner and Co 37 to 38 East Street, Manchester Square

4/2/2019

2 Comments

 
As you can see the Turner and Co door spring previously spoken about from a certain castle in Windsor is in a sorry state of repair, possibly to be expected as I believe these particular in floor door closers are from around the 1850's meaning they are  nearly 170 years old.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Above is the divider mark.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Above you can see J. Barrow (John Barrow)
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
The remains of the leather bump stops.
Picture
Picture
Setting up to braze the broken bronze parts.
Picture
Picture
As you can see they are coming along, although there are a number of issues to contend with.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Readers should be able to see the signs of the bespoke manufacture of the various parts that make up this fantastic in floor door closer.
As discussed previously this particular floor spring has both the markings of Barrow and Turner (John Barrow) and Turner & Co (Thomas Turner), meaning it must have been manufactured in the transitional period between the ending of one partnership/business and the beginning of another.

Below is information taken from the Official Catologue of the Great Exhibition of the works of Industry of All Nations (1851), as you can see T. Turner exhibited at the now famous Crystal Palace. I wonder if it was this model door spring and centre he exhibited?

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Readers should see there has been a lot of effort put into getting these back to good health (well worth it considering their age, their historical importance and their home of course) including the manufacture of a number of bushes, sleeves, transfer arms, cog and rollers. It should also be noted the four names/businesses  surrounding these two spring floor hinges, J. Barrow, Turner and Co, Turner and Son and Barrow & Turner.
Picture
A new cog was cut for the Turners.
Picture
Picture
As always I look forward to any positive comments made on this or any of my previous blog posts.
2 Comments
David Shallcross
4/12/2019 01:57:54 pm

It's clear you are a very able and adaptable engineer which the country has few in your line, I sincerely hope that you recover from the present situation

Reply
Rod Fathers link
4/14/2019 04:08:11 pm

Thank you for you kind words David, they mean a great deal.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    As there is so little information out there with regard to door closers, especially vintage and antique model floor springs, I thought I would start this blog.

    Archives

    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed